CN102834337A - Transporting apparatus - Google Patents

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CN102834337A
CN102834337A CN2011800127793A CN201180012779A CN102834337A CN 102834337 A CN102834337 A CN 102834337A CN 2011800127793 A CN2011800127793 A CN 2011800127793A CN 201180012779 A CN201180012779 A CN 201180012779A CN 102834337 A CN102834337 A CN 102834337A
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65GTRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G19/00Conveyors comprising an impeller or a series of impellers carried by an endless traction element and arranged to move articles or materials over a supporting surface or underlying material, e.g. endless scraper conveyors
    • B65G19/02Conveyors comprising an impeller or a series of impellers carried by an endless traction element and arranged to move articles or materials over a supporting surface or underlying material, e.g. endless scraper conveyors for articles, e.g. for containers
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65GTRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G19/00Conveyors comprising an impeller or a series of impellers carried by an endless traction element and arranged to move articles or materials over a supporting surface or underlying material, e.g. endless scraper conveyors
    • B65G19/18Details
    • B65G19/22Impellers, e.g. push-plates, scrapers; Guiding means therefor
    • B65G19/225Impellers, e.g. push-plates, scrapers; Guiding means therefor for article conveyors, e.g. for container conveyors
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65GTRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G21/00Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors
    • B65G21/20Means incorporated in, or attached to, framework or housings for guiding load-carriers, traction elements or loads supported on moving surfaces
    • B65G21/22Rails or the like engaging sliding elements or rollers attached to load-carriers or traction elements
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65GTRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G54/00Non-mechanical conveyors not otherwise provided for
    • B65G54/02Non-mechanical conveyors not otherwise provided for electrostatic, electric, or magnetic

Abstract

An apparatus for transporting objects (100) comprises guide means (3,303,403) for supporting and guiding along a movement path (P) at least one carriage (4,104,204,304,404) supporting a support element (5) suitable for receiving at least one object (100), and movement means (2,302) for moving the carriage (4,104,204,304,404) along the movement path (P),the carriage (4,104,204,304,404) is provided with rolling elements (9, 10, 11,409, 410, 411) and the guide means (3,403) comprises at least three guides (6, 7, 8,406, 407, 408) that are parallel to one another, each of which arranged for supporting and guiding a respective rolling element (9, 10, 11,409, 410, 411) in an operative configuration (A) of the carriage (4,104,204,304,404), the guides (6, 7, 8,406, 407, 408) defining respective movement profiles (60, 70, 80) conjugated and shaped so as each rolling element (9, 10, 11,409, 410, 411) abuts on the respective guide (6, 7, 8,406, 407, 408) in each point of the latter along the movement path (P), the rolling elements (9, 10, 11,409, 410, 411) being arranged, with respect to a plane that is parallel to said guides (6, 7, 8,406, 407, 408), at the vertices of a triangle.

Description

Load transfer device
Technical field
The present invention relates to be used for the load transfer device of wrapping machine; Especially; The present invention relates to be used for the equipment of mobile object at the automatic packaging machine that is used for medicine and/or cosmetics and/or food applications, said object for example is as the container of bottle, phial, capsule, syringe etc.
Background technology
The load transfer device that is used for known packets installation is arranged and is used for moving container to be packaged through the different and continuous operator's station of wrapping machine, at said operator's station place, on container, carries out multiple operation, for example uses that product is filled, weighed, capping etc.
Known load transfer device generally includes load-transfer device belt in other words, and it is with the mode closure around the ring of drive pulley and loose pulley, and is provided with the supporting member that is used for container.
Load-transfer device comprises top movable part and bottom returning part, and by drive pulley longitudinally working direction move.Partial sum bottom, top part is a linear, parallel and overlapping, and in the end through interconnecting around driving the respective curved portion of twining with the closed loop of qualification load-transfer device with loose pulley.
Drive pulley and load-transfer device are provided with tooth usually, to mesh together.Engagement between drive pulley and the load-transfer device can make the linear position coupling of position, angle and the belt of belt pulley, and thereby keeps the phase relation between the operator's station of container and machine.
Supporting member is commonly referred to " godet (godet) ", and it is provided with the seat that is used for housing, is used for cooperating with one or more vertical butt guide rails putting container.Supporting member detachably is connected to load-transfer device through suitable hook device usually, can be assemblied on the load-transfer device and/or from the load-transfer device dismounting, for example under the cleaning of load transfer device and the sterilization situation and/or changing its with the situation that adapts to container dimensional and change under.Load-transfer device pulls and moves supporting member.Longitudinal rail supports and the guide support element, to guarantee that container is along the accurate location of working direction at machine operation platform place.
But the slip of supporting member on longitudinal rail possibly cause some defectives, and for example: form the particle of the material of supporting member and/or guide rail, it possibly pollute product to be packaged; Produce static charge, it possibly influence the electricity that is present in the machine or the proper operation of electronics package or device; The high-performance motorization of needs drives load-transfer device and overcomes the cliding friction of a large amount of supporting members.
In order to overcome these defectives, in the known load transfer device, supporting member connects with corresponding conveying transport trolley, and said transport trolley is connected by load-transfer device and moves, and is provided with roller with fixed axis or the wheel that is used for along suitably guide rail or track rolling.
Guide rail forms the closed ring that shape and size are substantially similar to the shape and size of load-transfer device.Transport trolley generally includes four wheels, and said four wheels are layout in pairs, and acts on the facing surfaces of guide rail, with adequate stability and the accuracy of positioning of guaranteeing transport trolley.Wheel utilizes the wheelbase that limits to be fixed to transport trolley usually, thereby is moving on the line part on the guide rail He on the curve with the gap that reduces on the guide rail.
Have the transport trolley of fixed axis wheel can be only on the line part or only have on the curve of constant bending spring and slide with the gap that reduces; But can not be not only comprising line part but also comprising on the guide rail of curve sliding with the gap that reduces or having on the guide rail of the different curve of bending spring and slide, only if the gap between wheel and the guide rail unacceptably increases with the gap that reduces.
In order to overcome this defective; In known load transfer device; Use " turning to " to carry transport trolley, that is, carry transport trolley to have a pair of wheel that is installed on the corresponding steering component; Said steering component can rotate freely, so that himself is arranged in each some place of guide rail with different angles transverse to guide rail.With this mode, transport trolley can be sentenced the gap that dwindles at its any point along guide rail and move.
But such turns to transport trolley very expensive, and complicacy, because it needs for example careful structure and regulates steering component with the elimination gap, and guarantees operations necessary precision and stability.
And aforementioned load transfer device is not to be specially adapted to medicine and/or field of food, because transport trolley can not be easily and be assemblied in apace on the guide rail or from the guide rail dismounting, thereby for example suitably and effectively cleans and sterilizes; And such load transfer device maybe be owing to the greasing substance that is used for steering component pollutes.
Summary of the invention
An object of the present invention is to improve the known load transfer device that is used for wrapping machine, particularly, through improving mobile accuracy and using alerting ability to improve.
Another purpose is to obtain a kind of load transfer device; It can be accurately and mobile containers exactly; Guaranteeing that at a point at guide rail is between conveying transport trolley and the guide rail of said container does not exist the gap, particularly in the line part of aforementioned guide rail and the connecting portion between the curve, does not have the gap.
Another purpose is to obtain a kind of load transfer device, and it makes the load transfer device of container fast, simply and accurately assemble and to dismantle.
Another purpose is to realize a kind of load transfer device, and it is specially adapted in sterilization/gnotobasis, use, and for example is used to pack medical product/cosmetics/food, and promptly it can be easily and cleans effectively and sterilize.
These purposes are passed through according to one in the claim of following proposition or multinomial load transfer device realization with other purpose.
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The present invention can understand and implements with reference to accompanying drawing better, and accompanying drawing illustrates embodiment with non-limiting example, in the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 is the disconnection front elevation of load transfer device of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the front schematic view of the track-type facilities of the equipment among Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 and 4 is respectively the local preceding and back three-dimensional view of the load transfer device among Fig. 1, has given prominence at a kind of conveying transport trolley that has the supporting member that is used for container accordingly in the configuration of operating;
Fig. 5 is the cutaway view along the line V-V among Fig. 1;
Fig. 6 is the front elevation of the conveying transport trolley of the load transfer device among Fig. 1;
Fig. 7 is the birds-eye view of the transport trolley among Fig. 6;
Fig. 8 is the upward view of the transport trolley among Fig. 6;
Fig. 9 is the back view of the transport trolley of Fig. 6 of being associated with the supporting member that is used for container;
Figure 10 is the cutaway view along the line X-X among Fig. 9;
Figure 11 is the cutaway view along the line XI-XI among Figure 10;
Figure 12 is the cutaway view along the line XII-XII among Fig. 9;
Figure 13 is the cutaway view along the line XIII-XIII among Fig. 9;
Figure 14 and 15 is respectively the preceding and back sectional perspective view of the load transfer device among the Fig. 1 in the transport trolley demounting procedure;
Figure 16 and 17 is respectively the preceding and back three-dimensional view of the load transfer device among the Fig. 1 in the demounting procedure subsequently of transport trolley;
Figure 18 is the front elevation of another embodiment of the conveying transport trolley of load transfer device of the present invention;
Figure 19 is the lateral plan of the transport trolley among Figure 18;
Figure 20 is the cutaway view along the line XX-XX among Figure 19;
Figure 21 is the back view of the transport trolley among Figure 18;
Figure 22 is the cutaway view along the line XXII-XXII among Figure 18;
Figure 23 is the part sectional view along the line XXIII-XXIII among Figure 18;
Figure 24 is the part sectional view along the line XXIV-XXIV among Figure 18;
Figure 25 and 26 is the transport trolley three-dimensional views in two kinds of dismounting configurations subsequently among Figure 18;
Figure 27 is the front elevation of another kind of modification that is in the conveying transport trolley of the load transfer device of the present invention in the corresponding operating configuration;
Figure 28 is the cutaway view along the line XXVIII-XXVIII among Figure 27;
Figure 29 is the cutaway view along the line XXIX-XXIX among Figure 27;
Figure 30 is the cutaway view along the line XXX-XXX among Figure 28;
Figure 31 is the cutaway view of a kind of modification of load transfer device of the present invention, has given prominence to the magnetic-type mobile device of transport trolley;
Figure 32 is the schematic partly cut-away view of another modification of load transfer device of the present invention;
Figure 33 is the plan view of the equipment among Figure 32, shows track-type facilities especially.
The specific embodiment
Referring to figs. 1 through Fig. 5,1 expression load transfer device of the present invention is provided for being used for the automatic packaging machine transport box 100 of medicine and/or cosmetics and/or food applications, and said automatic packaging machine is a known type, and not shown in the drawings.Load transfer device 1 comprises mobile device 2, and it is applicable to along mobile route P, for example moves one or more conveying transpories trolley 4 along working direction F; Corresponding supporting member 5; Be so-called godet, detachably connect that its layout is used to put one or more containers to be packaged 100 with each transport trolley 4.If load transfer device comprises a plurality of transpories trolley 4 (this configuration does not show), then transport trolley 4 will be spaced apart with determining deviation each other through step is set.
Mobile device 2 comprises for example belt or band or other elongated flexible element, and its mode with closed ring is twined around pulley apparatus 21,22, and is moved by pulley apparatus 21,22.Pulley apparatus 21,22 comprises for example drive pulley 21 and loose pulley 22, and it all can center on corresponding parallel rotary axes line X1, the X2 rotation.Loose pulley 22 is arranged on the upper reaches of drive pulley 21 with respect to working direction F.
In a kind of not shown scheme of this equipment, pulley apparatus can comprise three or more a plurality of belt pulley, and it utilizes several lobes to limit the loop that is closed into ring for belt 2.
Belt 2 comprises trailing device 26; Its layout is used for connecting with the hook device 45,46 (it is visible in Fig. 8) of each transport trolley 4 at operation configuration A; And comprise another trailing device 25, its layout is used for engaging with the fixing device 23 that forms at drive pulley 21 at least.Especially, belt 2 is the bidentate type, and external teeth and inner teeth form trailing device 26 and another trailing device 25 respectively.
Engagement between another trailing device 25 and the fixing device 23 is pulled belt 2 along with the rotation of drive pulley 21, and guarantees the phase relation between pulley apparatus 21,22 and the belt 2, prevents skidding and sliding with respect to the latter.
In not shown a kind of scheme of load transfer device 1, mobile device can comprise band or chain, and said band or chain are moved by belt pulley or wheel, and is provided with and comprises the articulating arm that is connected to transport trolley 4 or the trailing device of allied equipment.
Load transfer device 1 also comprises track-type facilities 3, and it is slidably supported and guides transport trolley 4 along mobile route P, and transport trolley 4 is provided with corresponding rolling element 9,10,11, particularly wheel.Track-type facilities 3 is back-up belt 2 in the part of not twining around belt pulley 21,22 of belt 2 also.
In addition, the extension mode of track-type facilities 3 also forms the closed ring that himself and load-transfer device 2 are arranged side by side.
Track-type facilities 3 is fixed to the frame mounting 35 of load transfer device 1, and is supported by frame mounting 35, and frame mounting 35 is fixed to the supporting construction 36 of wrapping machine again.
Track-type facilities 3 comprises rail body 31; It is connected to frame mounting 35; And support three different parallel guide rails, special first guide rail 6, second guide rail 7 and the 3rd guide rail 8 by frame mounting 35; Be fixed to rail body 31, arrange first rolling element 9, second rolling element 10 and the 3rd rolling element 11 be used for supporting and guiding aforementioned transport trolley 4 respectively at the operation configuration A of transport trolley 4.Referring to figs. 1 through the embodiment shown in Fig. 5; Rolling element 9,10,11 comprises the corresponding wheel that is installed on the transport trolley 4, and it rotates freely around corresponding rotation axis, and said rotation axis is parallel; And the rotation axis X1, the X2 that are parallel to especially, belt pulley 21,22.Advantageously; For the medical applications in the gnotobasis; In order to reduce wear and to pollute, guide rail 6,7,8 can be processed by corrosion-resistant steel or anodised aluminium, and the corrosion-resistant steel that wheel 9,10,11 can be coated with polyurethane by the standard (FDA approval) according to U.S. food and drug administration is processed.
In the embodiment shown in Fig. 5; And with reference to Transverse plane; Particularly with guide rail 6,7,8 quadratures and be parallel to the plane of the rotation axis of belt pulley X1, X2; First guide rail 6 is on second guide rail 7 (especially, also with guide rail 7 coplanes) and the 3rd guide rail 8 opposites, and promptly first guide rail 6 is arranged in the opposition side of rail body 31 about second guide rail 7 and the 3rd guide rail 8.Second guide rail 7 and the 3rd guide rail 8 are basically side by side and arranged adjacent.With this mode, in operation configuration A, transport trolley 4 is connected to track-type facilities 3 and can be no longer from its separation.
In unshowned a kind of modification of said equipment, the 3rd guide rail 8 can be not with second guide rail 7 side by side and adjacent, in other words, staggered along plane transverse to guide rail 6,7,8.
In unshowned another modification of said equipment, three guide rails 6,7,8 are with 120 ° (with reference to Transverse plane) arranged spaced apart on angle.
Track-type facilities 3 also comprises and is fixed to rail body 31 and arranges another rail body 32 be used to be slidably supported belt 2.But rail body 31 turns to single main body with another rail body 32 one.
Guide rail 6,7,8 limits aforementioned 9,10,11 the corresponding mobile profile 60,70,80 of taking turns; Said profile 60,70,80 combines and is shaped so that keeping each to take turns 9,10,11 at each some place of guide rail along mobile route P contacts with Zero clearance or very little gap basically with corresponding guide rail 6,7,8, and this will further illustrate in greater detail with continued in specification sheets.In other words, guide rail 6,7,8 forms track or rail, and the wheel of transport trolley can roll along said track or rail with the friction that reduces, because as known, friction of rolling is much littler than cliding friction.
At Fig. 1 in the embodiment shown in Fig. 5; Guide rail 6,7,8 is formed directly on the rail body 31; And comprise vertical salient with shaping cross-sectional plane of trapezoidal shape for example wheel 9,10,11 with horizontal joint and locking transport trolley 4, wheel being provided with the raceway with complementary shape.
With this mode, and because track 6,7,8 is located each other, in operation configuration A, each transport trolley 4 only can move along mobile route P, and can not move along the direction transverse to track 6,7,8.Especially, first direction Y is parallel to the rotation axis of wheel 9,10,11, and is parallel to limit and the slip plane M that container 100 slides of top branch belt 2 above that.Second direction Z is orthogonal to first direction Y, and is orthogonal to aforementioned slip plane M.
The first round 9 of transport trolley 4 basically second take turns 10 with third round 11 opposites, second take turns 10 with third round 11 horizontal and vertical each other spaced apart.Especially, third round 11 is arranged on second with reference to the working direction F of transport trolley 4 and takes turns 10 the upper reaches.With this mode, in front elevation, be parallel on the plane that guide rail 6,7,8 promptly is orthogonal to wheel 9,10,11 rotation axis, wheel 9,10,11 is shown as and is arranged in the particularly place, summit of equicrural triangle of a triangle.In other words, the rotation axis of wheel 9,10,11 is gone up on the said plane (Fig. 2) that is parallel to guide rail 6,7,8 and is limited vertex of a triangle.It should be noted, wheel not with said plane coplane, but with reference to the Transverse plane (Fig. 5) that is orthogonal to guide rail 6,7,8 and spaced (at least the second take turns 10 with third round 11).Should guarantee the maximum stable property of transport trolley when it moves by (" triangle ") configuration, particularly in the connecting portion between line part and curve of guide rail.
In not shown a kind of scheme of load transfer device 1 of the present invention, track-type facilities 3 comprises four guide rails, for example is arranged into arranging that first pair of guide rail promptly is arranged on the relative part of rail body 31 about second pair of guide rail on second pair of guide rail opposite.Therefore transport trolley comprises four wheels, and it is applicable to corresponding guide rail and engages.In front elevation, be parallel on the plane of guide rail, in the wheel two, two wheels that for example contact with first guide rail are arranged side by side and are spaced, corresponding rotation axis substantial registration.Remaining two wheel that is bonded in second pair of guide rail are horizontal each other and longitudinally-spaced.And, in this scheme, as single the wheel, turn round owing to have said double-type the wheel basically of the axis of aligning, therefore, be parallel on the plane of guide rail, four wheels are arranged in the particularly place, summit of equicrural triangle of a triangle.Be somebody's turn to do " triangle " configuration and guarantee the stability of transport trolley maximum when it moves, particularly in the connecting portion of the guide rail between line part and curve.If transport trolley is carried heavy especially load, load and power on then the existence of four guide rails makes and acts on guide rail and take turns can distribute better.
With reference among Fig. 1 with the embodiment of the load transfer device shown in the by way of example 1, the flexible mobile device 2 that twines around belt pulley 21,22 with closed loop comprises top or carries branch and bottom or return branch that they are connected by crooked branch at the belt pulley place.
Similarly, track-type facilities 3 comprises on first line part 12, first curve 13, second time line part 14 and second curve 15.Curve 13,15 has semi-circular shape.
Another rail body 32 is only extended in line part 12,14, and rail body 31 is also extended in curve 13,15.
In first line part 12, track-type facilities 3 supports and guides the transport trolley 4 of carrying container 100 to be packaged.In second time line part 14 and in curve 13,15, track-type facilities supports transport trolley 4, and its supporting member 5 does not have container 100.
At line part 12,14 places of track-type facilities 3, the mobile profile 60,70,80 of guide rail 6,7,8 comprises corresponding straight line portion 60a, 70a, 80a.At curve 13,15 places, the mobile profile 60,70,80 of guide rail 6,7,8 comprises corresponding sweep 60b, 70b, 80b, and said sweep 60b, 70b, 80b have for example corresponding constant bending spring.
Straight line portion 60a, 70a, 80a and the sweep 60b, 70b, the 80b that move profile 60,70,80 arrange continuously that along mobile route P vice versa so that the wheel of transport trolley 49,10,11 moves to subsequently sweep 60b, 70b, 80b from corresponding straight line portion 60a, 70a, 80a basically simultaneously.With this mode, the wheel 9,10,11 of transport trolley 4 makes transport trolley 4 be sent to curve subsequently from line part with when corresponding guide rail 6,7,8 keeps constant and correct the contact with similar Zero clearance, and vice versa, and do not need wheel flutter.
Between the sweep 60b of straight line portion 60a, 70a, 80a and first curve 13 (or second curve 15) of first line part 12 (or second time line part 14), 70b, 80b, be provided with connecting bridge 60c, 70c, 80c.
Similarly, between the straight line portion 60a of sweep 60b, 70b, 80b and second line part 14 (or first line part 12) of first curve 13 (or second curve 15), 70a, 80a, be provided with other connecting bridge 60d, 70d, 80d.
Aforementioned connecting bridge 60c, 70c, 80c, 60d, 70d, 80d are configured as wheel 9,10,11 can be unified between line part and curve and pass through regularly; Vice versa; Thereby between wheel and track, have continuous with constant contacting, wheel and track be collision and vibration not.Connecting bridge is for for example having the part that curve or cycloid, polynomial curve etc. constituted of constant radius, and it can use common and known computational tool to calculate, and for example makes it possible to continuous rolling and do not have the jump and the vibration of the wheel of transport trolley.
In a unshowned alternate embodiment, track-type facilities can comprise curve, and it moves profile and comprises a plurality of respective curved parts with differently curved radius, and these sweeps connect through suitable connecting portion.Basically, track-type facilities can limit multiple mobile route P.
It should be noted; Load transfer device 1 of the present invention makes the container 100 can be accurately to move with mode accurately; Guarantee any some place at guide rail 6,7,8; At transport trolley 4 and guide rail 6,7, have the gap and the inappreciable gap that reduce between 8, and also be so in the line part of aforementioned guide rail and the connecting bridge between the curve, even to have under the situation of a transport trolley 4 of wheel that the band fixed axis promptly do not have steer axis in use also be like this.Such transport trolley 4 will further illustrate in specification sheets subsequently, thus than be generally used for these transpories trolley in using with wheel flutter more simply, more solid and more cheap.
Because each guide rail only supports a wheel, therefore also make it possible to further reduce wearing and tearing according to load transfer device of the present invention.
Fig. 6 to 13 is shown specifically and carries transport trolley 4; It comprises main body 41; Said main body 41 following side 41a are provided with hook device 45,46 (layout is used for connecting with the trailing device 26 of belt 2 at operation configuration A), and upper lateral part 41b is provided with and is used for and the corresponding supporting member 5 of container 100 bonded assembly connecting device 71,72 detachably.
Supporter 42 is from main body 41 side direction and to extending below, second take turns 10 with third round 11 can the mode of rotating freely being fixed to supporter 42.Supporter 42 comprises plate, and this plate has intimate trapezoidal shape, and is provided with centre hole 42a shaping, that run through, to reduce the gross weight of transport trolley 4.
Second takes turns 10 is fixed to supporter 42 through adapter shaft 28 and another adapter shaft 29 with different length respectively with third round 11, so that said the wheel can be bonded on second guide rail 7 and the 3rd guide rail 8 that is arranged side by side.Second takes turns 10 is installed on the corresponding adapter shaft 28,29 through double-type antifriction-bearing box 91 with third round 11.
The first round 9 is installed on the transport trolley 4 through control apparatus 50, and control apparatus 50 supports the said first round 9, and its position can accurately be regulated along first direction Y and second direction Z.
Shown in detailed in Figure 10 and 11, control apparatus 50 comprises regulating element 51, and regulating element 51 parts are received within the lower seat 48 on the downside 41a that is arranged at main body 41.
Regulating element 51 is provided with first permeate chamber 52, and it is applicable to and holds the first round 9, and on said regulating element 52, limits two face and relative walls 53,54.On said wall 53,54; Form two circular ports that run through accordingly; Its coaxial basically (parallel axes is in first direction Y); The said circular port that runs through is applicable to admits supporting pivot 60, through inserting a pair of corresponding antifriction-bearing box 92 rotatably is installed the first round 9 on the said supporting pivot 60.
Supporting pivot 60 needs from assembling, for example forms with two parts, and said two parts are coupled to each other through threaded connector.
The first round 9 can come 1 change supporting pivot 60 to regulate about the position of regulating element 5 through utilizing first anchor fitting 61,62 along the horizontal position of first direction Y; Said first anchor fitting 61,62 is associated with main body 41, and acts on the opposite end of aforementioned supporting pivot 60.
Especially, first anchor fitting comprises first screw 61 and the first screw thread flat head screw 62 in the respective screw hole 43,44 that is bonded on main body 41.
The horizontal position along second direction Z of the first round 9 can be regulated through the position that another second anchor fitting 63,64 changes regulating element 51, and said regulating element 51 is connected to main body 41 with adjustable way.
For this purpose, on the seat 48 in-to-in inside faces 55 that are positioned at main body 41 of regulating element 51, and at the place, an end of this regulating element 51, horizontal salient 56 is set, said horizontal salient 56 is connected on the diapire 48a of said seat 48.Laterally salient 56 is as fulcrum, and regulating element 51 can be around said fulcrum with respect to main body 41 rotations.The size of rotation limits through acting on the scalable abutting part 65, and scalable abutting part 65 comprises screw or the flat head screw that for example is screwed on the main body 41.Regulating element 51 with near place, opposite end, the end of horizontal salient 56, scalable abutting part 65 is outstanding from main body 41, an end of scalable abutting part 65 acts on the inside face 55.The length of the aforesaid end of scalable abutting part 65 can be calibrated through suitably screwing or unscrewing scalable abutting part 65.
Second anchor fitting 63,64 comprises pair of screws, and it inserts in the respective through hole of main body 41, and in the relative both sides of regulating element 51, is bonded in the tapped bore that is formed on the inside face 55.Through fastening second anchor fitting 63,64; Thereby can regulating element 51 be locked in the angle position; Said angle position is through the cooperation of horizontal salient 56 and scalable abutting part 65, and particularly the length from the end that main body 41 is given prominence to through scalable abutting part 65 limits.
It should be noted that along with the rotation around horizontal salient 56 of regulating element 51, the rotation axis of the first round 9 is regulated track along arc and moved.Because the size that reduces greatly of this rotation, mobile can being considered to of this axis still is linear basically, and is parallel to second direction Z.
Because control apparatus 50; But thereby at high speed and simply; But simultaneously very accurately adjusting knurl 9 along along position transverse to first direction Y and the second direction Z of guide rail, and with this mode, elimination or significantly reduced any structure and/or the assembly clearance between wheel and the guide rail; Or even in a suitable manner wheel is preloaded on the guide rail, particularly along second direction Z.
Shown in detailed in Fig. 8 and 9, hook device 45,46 is formed on the downside 41a of main body 41, and comprises the tooth-like part of arranging the external teeth 26 that is used for split belt 2.Especially, hook device comprises first tooth-like part 45, and it is arranged in the middle part of the first round 9; With two second tooth-like parts 46, it is arranged in the opposite two ends of transport trolley 4.
In the use, when transport trolley is moved by belt 2, although always center teeth portion 45 keep engaging with belt 2, but when transport trolley 4 when the line part of belt moves to curve, periphery tooth-like part 46 and belt 2 engaged/disengaged, vice versa.
Side storing apparatus 47 is arranged on the transport trolley 4 at center teeth portion 45 places, prevents relatively moving along first direction Y between belt 2 and transport trolley 4 to cooperate with supporter 42.
Side storing apparatus 47 comprises a pair of annex that is fixed to the downside 41a of main body 41 especially, in the operation configuration A of transport trolley 4, to be connected on the side of belt 2.
Connecting device comprises for example a pair of transverse concave groove 71,72, and the upside 41b that said for example a pair of transverse concave groove 71,72 is formed on the main body 41 of transport trolley 4 goes up and be used to admit the other connecting device 73,74 of supporting member 5.Connecting device 73,74 comprises a pair of pad that is fixed to supporting member 5 diapires especially.
Transverse concave groove 71,72 has for example L shaped cross-sectional plane, is arranged essentially parallel to the rotation axis of wheel 9,10,11, thereby in operation configuration A, is orthogonal to guide rail 6,7,8.
Supporting member 5 comprises connecting bridge 75, and its layout is used for joining with transport trolley 4, and comprises connecting device 73,74 and be configured to put the support section 76 that closes one or more containers 100.
Blocking device 81,82 is arranged on the upside 41b of main body 41, is used for making supporting member 5 stop at transport trolley 4 at rigging position B (Figure 11 and 13).
Blocking device 81,82 comprises for example one or two stop pivot; For example two; It is received within the respective seat that is formed in the main body 41 slidably and flexibly; And be provided with abutting part, said abutting part is applicable to when supporting member 5 is among the rigging position B and is bonded in the chamber of supporting member 5. Stop pivot 81,82 can be inner mobile at corresponding seat, and can flexibly get in the corresponding seat, so that supporting member 5 can insert or remove.
Because connecting device 71,72 and other connecting device 73,74; And because blocking device 81,82; Thereby can be for example under the situation that the size of container to be packaged changes; Or under the situation of the cleaning/disinfecting process of said equipment and/or wrapping machine, fast, simply and accurately supporting member 5 is assembled on the transport trolley 4/from transport trolley 4 dismountings.Especially, connecting device 71,72,73, the 74 correct location that mobile route P guarantees supporting member 5 in working direction F upper edge, and thereby the correct location of guaranteeing container 100. Blocking device 81,82 guarantees that supporting member 5 correctly locatees along first direction Y.
Track-type facilities 3 is provided with one or more for example two assembled portion 30 (it is visible in Fig. 1), and its each is removable at the qualification removal position R along mobile route P one in the wheel of transport trolley 4 is separated with corresponding guide rail.Separate through taking turns, thereby can transport trolley 4 be separated and dismounting with belt 2 from track-type facilities 3 from guide rail.
Each assembled portion 30 comprises the for example part of rail body 31, and the part of corresponding the 3rd guide rail 8 is associated with it, and assembled portion 30 comprises the connecting bridge 80c of the mobile profile 80 of at least the three guide rail 8.
Free section 30 for example detachably is fixed to rail body 31 through screwing element.
Shown in Figure 14 and 17, it has shown two subsequent steps of transport trolley 4 from track-type facilities 3 dismounting, in case pull down (during step 1), in removal position R, with third round 11 separation (Figure 14 and 15) from track-type facilities when assembled portion 30.With this mode, transport trolley 4 can rotate and raise, and takes turns 10 so that dismantle the first round 9 and second from corresponding guide rail 6,7.Simultaneously, can be with external teeth 26 dismountings (step 2) of hook device 45,46 from belt 2.At this moment, through moving transport trolley 4, can transport trolley 4 be removed (step 3, not shown) from track-type facilities 3 and belt 2 along first direction Y.
Fitting process comprises identical above-mentioned steps, but carries out with opposite order.
Load transfer device 1 of the present invention thereby make that transport trolley 4 can be very fast and be inserted in simply on the guide rail 6,7,8 and remove from guide rail 6,7,8, thus make it possible on transport trolley and/or entire equipment, carry out routine operation or maintenance or cleaning and/or disinfecting process especially.It should be noted that transport trolley 4 can insert/remove and need not further part and disassemble, for example need not one or more the wheel from supporter 42 removed.
Track-type facilities 3 comprises rail body 31 and another rail body 32; Form guide rail 6,7,8 with vertical protrusion form on the rail body 31 with certain shape of cross section; Said another rail body 32 is integrally formed with rail body 3; The structure of track-type facilities 3 is simple especially, is specially adapted to clean and sterilizing operation, because it is characterized in that not having surface recess or chamber, that can easily clean.
Figure 18 to 26 illustrates another embodiment that carries transport trolley 104; The difference of itself and previous embodiment is the different structure of control apparatus 150; Control apparatus 150 is except supporting the first round 9 and making its position can regulate along first direction Y and second direction Z; Also make transport trolley 104 be provided with assembled portion and need not track-type facilities in assembling of the at a point place of track-type facilities 3 or dismounting.
Control apparatus 150 comprises hold-down arm 151, and it is rotatably connected to the main body 141 of transport trolley 104 with the mode around corresponding rotation axis W rotation, and corresponding rotation axis W is arranged essentially parallel to the rotation axis of wheel 9,10,11.
Have elongated shape and almost the hold-down arm 151 of quadrangular cross section locate to have corresponding supporting pivot 160 in the middle, rotatably install the first round 9 (Figure 22) through inserting a pair of corresponding antifriction-bearing box 93 on the supporting pivot 160.
One end of hold-down arm 150 can be parallel to first direction Y with the position and be fixed to main body 141 (Figure 23) along the mode that rotation axis W regulates in the operation configuration A of transport trolley 104.
For this purpose, hold-down arm 151 is rotatably installed in to be regulated on the pivot 152, regulates pivot 152 adjustable grounds and is connected to main body 141.Especially, this end of hold-down arm 151 comprises side annex 161, and its support arrangement is used for putting rotatably the sleeve pipe 162 of regulating pivot 152.Regulating pivot 152 can slide in the housing in being arranged at main body 141 143, and can be locked in the desired locations at this place through the 3rd anchor fitting 155,156.The 3rd anchor fitting 155,156 comprises for example corresponding first screw or screw thread flat head screw 155, and it is screwed on the main body 141, and with acting on the scalable abutting part of in housing 143, regulating pivot 152.Second screw 156 of the 3rd anchor fitting is bonded on the main body 141, and is screwed on the adjusting pivot 152 with the mode that keeps adjusting pivot 152 to be resisted against first screw, 155 lockings in the desired location.
Through in the inner positions that change first screws 155 of housing 143, thereby can regulate the position of said adjusting pivot 152, and along the position of first direction Y adjustable support arm 151.
Hold-down arm 151 can be locked among the expectation latched position D around corresponding rotation axis W through elasticity meeting device 170 and scalable meeting device 180.Scalable meeting device 180 also makes it possible to limit and regulates expectation latched position D.
Elasticity meeting device 170 comprises bar 171; Bar 171 partly, be slidably inserted into 156 inside, vertical chamber of hold-down arm 151; And in that 156 outstanding free ends are provided with steamboat 172 from said vertical chamber, said steamboat 172 is applicable to that at least in latched position D butt is formed on the shaping lock part 144 on the main body 141 of transport trolley 104.
Springing 157 comprises for example coil spring, inserts 156 inside, vertical chamber, and with the mode effect of outside catch bar 171.Bar 171 limits in the vertical chamber 156 in-to-in ranges length the groove that runs through 174 on the end relative with steamboat 172 that is formed on bar 170, and the said groove that runs through 174 engages with the transverse bolt that is fixed to hold-down arm 151 175.
On the cross sectional planes of the rotation axis W that is orthogonal to hold-down arm 151, termination or summit that the lock part of shaping 144 forms towards bar 171, said termination or summit are formed by bevelled and opposite first 144a and second surface 144b.
Scalable meeting device 180 (it is shown specifically in Figure 24) comprise with adjustable way be connected to hold-down arm 151 another side annex 163 butt pivot 181 and be fixed to the main body 141 of transport trolley 104 and arrange and be used for being connected to the end of travel element 182 on the said butt pivot 181 at latched position D.
End of travel element 182 comprises plug-in unit, and it for example is cylindric, is processed by the material with big mechanical resistance and abrasion test, is fixed to the straight basically shelf 145 of transport trolley main body 141.
In latched position D, because the mutual action of elasticity meeting device 170 and scalable meeting device 180, hold-down arm 151 and stably be locked in the desired location with respect to the second axis Z by first round 9 of its support.Especially, through being pushed against the power that the bar 171 on the first surface 144a applies by springing 157, butt pivot 181 keeps being connected on the end of travel element 182---thereby the desired locations of definite hold-down arm 151.In fact first surface 144a tilts to promote the suitable rotation of aforementioned hold-down arm 151, for example rotates in a counter-clockwise direction with reference to Figure 18 and 20.
In the latched position D of hold-down arm 151, when transport trolley 104 is installed in 3 last times of track-type facilities, the first round 9 is bonded on first guide rail 6.First round 9 along the second axis Z and with respect to second take turns 10 with the position assurance of third round 11 all are taken turns with corresponding guide rail and appropriately contact with the gap that reduces or with predetermined clamping (prestrain) power, said predetermined gripping power can thereby be regulated through adjusting butt pivot 181.In other words, butt pivot 181 helps to discharge the part of the power that is applied by bar 171, said power therefore be not be carried in fully on the wheel 9 with corresponding guide rail 6 on.
Through pivotal support arm 151 with rolling steamboat 172 on first surface 144a; Thereby overcome the power that applies by bar 171; On second surface 144b, roll then (with reference to Figure 18 and 10 conter clockwises); Can butt pivot 181 be moved away end of travel element 182, and the first round 9 is separated from first guide rail 6.
In the first step, when steamboat 172 is connected on the first surface 144a, springing 157 these rotations of resistance (because springing 157 tends to hold-down arm is remained among the latched position D); In second step, when steamboat 172 is connected to second surface 144b when going up, springing 157 since the inclination of said second surface 144b promote should rotation.
So hold-down arm 151 can fully rotate up in removed position E, wherein in removed position E, the first round 9 is placed on the main body 141, and with first guide rail 6 spaced apart (referring to Figure 26).
It should be noted that in removed position E, transport trolley 104 can easily and apace be removed from track-type facilities 3 along mobile route P in the at a point of track-type facilities.Track-type facilities 3 does not have detachable disengaging section in this case.
Figure 27 to 30 illustrates a kind of modification of carrying transport trolley 204, and itself and the foregoing description difference are the different structure of control apparatus 250, particularly the different structure of hold-down arm 251 and meeting device 270,280.
Hold-down arm 251 is rotatably connected to the main body 241 of transport trolley 204 with the mode of the hold-down arm 151 that is substantially similar to the transport trolley 104 shown in the front.
In fact an end of hold-down arm 251 is fixed to main body 241 so that can regulate the position (promptly in the operation configuration A of transport trolley 204) that is parallel to corresponding rotation axis W ' along first direction Y.
Hold-down arm 251 is rotatably installed in to be regulated on the pivot 252, regulates pivot 252 adjustable grounds and is connected to main body 241 (referring to Figure 29).Especially, the end of hold-down arm 251 comprises sleeve pipe 262, and it rotatably engages with adjusting pivot 252.Regulate pivot 252 and insert in the housing 253 of main body 241, wherein, regulating pivot 252 can be locked in the desired locations through the 4th anchor fitting 255,256.
And in this modification, hold-down arm 251 has corresponding supporting pivot 260 in the middle, comes rotatably to install the first round 9 (Figure 28) through inserting a pair of antifriction-bearing box on this supporting pivot.
Hold-down arm 251 can be locked among the latched position B ' of expectation with respect to corresponding rotation axis W ' through elasticity meeting device 270 and scalable meeting device 280.
Especially with reference to Figure 30; Elasticity meeting device 270 comprises bar 271; It is connected to the main body 241 of transport trolley 204 slidably and flexibly; And be provided with the operating side 272 of shaping, the operating side 272 of said shaping is applicable to and in latched position B ', is connected at least on the roller 263, on the end relative with sleeve pipe 262 that this roller 263 can be installed in hold-down arm 251 with rotating freely.
Bar 271 partly is inserted in the fixed hub 274, and lining 274 is provided with the chamber 274a that vertically runs through for this purpose.Fixed hub 274 inserts and is screwed in the tapped through hole 243 of main body 241.Operating side bar 271 and that be shaped 272 relative and have transverse bolt 275 from the end 273 that fixed hub 274 stretches out, its anti-stopping bar 271 does not stretch out from fixed hub 274 not by roller 263 butts the time fully.
Springing 276 comprises for example coil spring, inserts in the chamber 274a vertically run through, and with for example towards the mode effect of hold-down arm 251 catch bars 271.
Scalable meeting device 280 comprises butt pivot 281, and it is connected to main body 241 with adjustable way; With end of travel element 282, it is fixed to hold-down arm 251, and layout is used for being connected to said butt pivot 281 at latched position B '.
End of travel element 282 is fixed to the side annex 261 that is formed at hold-down arm 251 ends that comprise sleeve pipe 262 especially.
Butt pivot 281 comprises the threaded portion that is locked in the there in the respective screw hole 244 that is screwed into main body 241 and by a pair of nut.
In latched position B ', hold-down arm 251 and by first round of its support 9 because the mutual action of elasticity meeting device 270 and scalable meeting device 280 and stably locking with respect to the second axis Z.Through regulating butt pivot 281, can regulate latched position B '.Through being pushed against the power that the bar 271 on the roller 263 applies by springing 276, end of travel element 282 keeps being connected on the butt pivot 281---thereby the position of definite hold-down arm 251.In fact the operating side 272 of the shaping of bar 271 has face 272a, and said 272a tilts to impel aforementioned hold-down arm 151 for example with reference to Figure 27 and 30 left-hand revolutions.
In the latched position B ' of hold-down arm 251, when transport trolley 204 is installed in 3 last times of guide rail, the first round 9 engages with first guide rail 6.First round 9 along the second axis Z and with respect to second take turns 10 with the position assurance of third round 11 all are taken turns with corresponding guide rail and contact rightly with the gap that reduces.In other words, butt pivot 281 helps to discharge the part that the power that bar 271 applies is arranged, and therefore said power be not carried on wheel 9 and the corresponding guide rail 6 fully.
And in this modification of carrying transport trolley 204, suitably pivotal support arm 251, for example rotate along anticlockwise direction with reference to Figure 27 and 30, can end of travel element 282 be moved away from butt pivot 281, thereby the first round 9 is separated from first guide rail 6.
In the first step, on bar 271, overcome the power of springing 276 through for example utilizing transverse bolt 275 manual action, operating side 272 is moved away from roller 263.In case when operating side 272 has separated with roller 263; In second step, when roller 263 has passed through bar 271, in the removed position (not shown); Strut bar 151 can fully rotate up; In this removed position, the first round 9 and first guide rail 6 are spaced apart, for example are placed on the main body 241.In this removed position, transport trolley 204 can easily and apace be removed through track-type facilities 3 at its any some place along mobile route P.
Figure 31 illustrates a kind of modification of load transfer device 1 of the present invention, and the difference of itself and the disclosed embodiment of preamble is that mobile device 302 is magnetic-types.
Especially; Mobile device 302 comprises synchronous linear motor; Linear motor is provided with and is received within said track-type facilities 303 inside and is applicable to the stator apparatus 314 that generates an electromagnetic field, said electromagnetic field and the corresponding magnetic field interaction that is produced by each transport trolley 304 in-to-in permanent magnetic device 315 of insertion.
Mobile device 302 limits Linear-Synchronous Motor (LSM) electromagnetism delivery system with track-type facilities 303; Be especially by Magnemotion Inc. exploitation and at WO 03/029651, WO 01/71684, WO 01/38124; WO 2008/005428, disclosed type among the WO 2007/013991.Stator apparatus comprises stator or elementary 314, and it inserts the inside of another rail body 332 of track-type facilities 303, and on its whole length, extends.Alternatively; Mobile device 302 can comprise a plurality of parts or motor piece; Each motor piece comprises stator 314, and stator 314 communications of stator 314 and adjacent set are to provide and to receive instruction, and said instructions coordinate transport trolley 304 is along inserting moving of a series of motor pieces of track-type facilities 303 in-to-ins.In fact each transport trolley 304 is arranged on the downside 314a of the main body 314 with permanent magnet 315, permanent magnet 315 generation magnetic fields, said magnetic field with by the electromagnetic field mutual action that produces through exchange current in the winding of the stator 314 of linear motor.Mutual action between magnetic field and the electromagnetic field offers transport trolley 304 propulsive thrusts, with thereby move along the guide rail 6,7,8 of track-type facilities 303.
Control system is not shown in the drawings; For example be included in the control setup of wrapping machine; Load transfer device 1 can be related with said control setup, this control system make a plurality of transpories trolley 304 that are present on the guide rail 6,7,8 can be side by side aspect position, speed and the acceleration/accel independently and be controlled and move.
Each transport trolley 304 also comprises unshowned sensor or changer; It confirms to induce in stator 314 can be by the signal of control system detection; Thereby confirm very accurately and in real time the position of said transport trolley 304, and thereby confirm position by one or more containers 100 of its conveying.Control system can also be avoided along the collision between the adjacent transport trolley 304 of guide rail 6,7,8.
Each transport trolley 304 can be different type of sports and/or kinematic velocity move along mobile route P.For example; If load transfer device 1 is installed on the wrapping machine; Track-type facilities 303 first on the line part place; Mobile route P can be divided into a plurality of operating portions, and wherein the operator's station of machine is operated and/or handled container 100 in said a plurality of operating portions, and the transfer part between two adjacent operating portions.In different operation portion and/or transfer part, type of sports and/or speeds that transport trolley 304 can be different.
Such modification of load transfer device 1 of the present invention can be processed track-type facilities 303 to have a plurality of mobile route P, and parallel connection and/or install in series come selectively to make transport trolley 304 to move through the corresponding operator's station of manipulator and/or packing subsequently and/or handler together for they.Track-type facilities 303 can extend and form and is arranged on the plane that is substantially normal to slip plane M or is arranged in any type of closed loop on the plane that is arranged essentially parallel to aforementioned slip plane, and wherein container 100 slides on said slip plane.
Figure 32 and 33 shows another embodiment of load transfer device 1 of the present invention; Its with above the difference of disclosed embodiment be the different rolling element of transport trolley 404; Said rolling element comprises corresponding fulcrum ball 409,410,411 in this example, said ball is applicable to and is bonded in the track-type facilities 403.Track-type facilities comprises the guide rail 406,407,408 of longitudinal fluting form, and it is formed directly on the rail body 431 of track-type facilities 403, and arranges that being used for part admits aforementioned ball 409,410,411, and it can freely be rolled.Each longitudinal fluting 406,407,408 comprises corresponding sliding wall, and said sliding wall has the circular sector shape in cross-sectional plane.
Ball 409,410,411 is fixed to transport trolley 404 through the suitable assembling lining 415 of known type, and it comprises the for example rolling recirculation ball mechanism between ball 409,410,411 and enhancing inner tracks.
First rolling element 409 comprises corresponding ball, and said ball is fixed to the downside 441a of the main body 441 of transport trolley 404 through corresponding assembling lining 415.Second rolling element 410 and the 3rd rolling element 411 comprise corresponding ball, and said ball is fixed to the supporter 442 of transport trolley 404 through corresponding assembling lining 415.For this purpose, main body 441 comprises the seat that is applicable to admittance assembling lining 415 with supporter 442.
In addition, in this case, in front elevation, ball 409,410,411 is shown as on the plane that is parallel to guide rail 406,407,408 and is arranged in the particularly place, summit of equicrural triangle of a triangle.Especially, the instantaneou axis of rotation line of ball 409,410,411 limits vertex of a triangle on said parallel plane.In other words, in front elevation, ball 409,410,411 is arranged in the particularly place, summit of equicrural triangle of a triangle being parallel to be shown as on guide rail 406,407,408 and the plane perpendicular to the instantaneou axis of rotation line of ball 409,410,411.
This embodiment of load transfer device 1 makes it possible to obtain another advantage; Particularly; The bigger designs simplification of guide rail 406,407,408; Said guide rail 406,407,408 comprises longitudinal fluting, and it can directly obtain through machine up on rail body 431, makes sooner, more simply and more cheap.And ball 409,410,411 and corresponding assembling lining 415 can be fast and are assembled on the transport trolley 404 simply or from transport trolley 404 dismountings.
Disclosed load transfer device can be revised and can therefore not drop on outside the scope of the present invention.In unshowned modification, track-type facilities can comprise with the mode different with respect to the modification that illustrates and be arranged in the guide rail on the rail body, and for example, the mode that it can the equal angles distance is arranged, and arranged according to the radial distance with respect to identical rail body.Transport trolley thereby comprise wheel, it is applicable to corresponding guide rail and connects, particularly comprises the wheel that has perpendicular to the axis of guide rail radial direction.

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1. equipment that is used for conveying object (100), said equipment comprises track-type facilities (3; 303; 403) and mobile device (2; 202), said track-type facilities is used for supporting and guiding at least one supporting the transport trolley (4 of supporting member (5) along mobile route (P); 104; 204; 304; 404), said supporting member is applicable to and admits at least one object (100), said mobile device to be used for moving said transport trolley (4 along said mobile route (P); 104; 204; 304; 404), it is characterized in that said at least one transport trolley (4; 104; 204; 304; 404) be provided with rolling element (9,10,11; 409,410,411), and said track-type facilities (3; 403) comprise at least three parallel guide rails (6,7,8; 406,407,408), each guide rail is arranged and is used at said transport trolley (4; 104; 204; 304; 404) support and guide corresponding rolling element (9,10,11 in the operation configuration (A); 409,410,411), said guide rail (6,7,8; 406,407,408) limit corresponding mobile profile (60,70,80), said mobile profile combines and is configured as to make each rolling element (9,10,11; 409,410,411) the said mobile route in edge (P) is in respective track (6,7,8; 406, be connected on the corresponding guide rail said rolling element (9,10,11 in each point 407,408); 409,410,411) with respect to being parallel to said guide rail (6,7,8; 406, floor plan 407,408) is at a vertex of a triangle place.
2. equipment according to claim 1, wherein, said guide rail comprises first guide rail (6), second guide rail (7) and the 3rd guide rail (8) at least, said first guide rail, second guide rail and the 3rd guide rail support and guide said transport trolley (4 respectively; 104; 204; 304) first rolling element (9), second rolling element (10) and the 3rd rolling element (11); Said first guide rail (6) is on said second guide rail (7) and the 3rd guide rail (8) opposite, and said second guide rail (7) and said the 3rd guide rail (8) are basically side by side.
3. equipment according to claim 1 and 2, wherein, said rolling element (9,10,11; 409,410,411) with respect to being parallel to said guide rail (6,7,8; 406, said floor plan 407,408) is at the place, summit of an equicrural triangle.
4. according to each described equipment in the aforementioned claim, wherein, each rolling element comprises corresponding fixed axis wheel (9,10,11) or corresponding ball (409,410,411).
5. according to each described equipment in the aforementioned claim, wherein, said mobile profile (60,70,80) comprising: corresponding straight line portion (60a, 70a, 80a) and corresponding sweep (60b, 70b, 80b); Between said straight line portion (60a, 70a, 80a) and said sweep (60b, 70b, 80b) and connect the corresponding connecting bridge (60c, 70c, 80c, 60d, 70d, 80d) of said straight line portion (60a, 70a, 80a) and said sweep (60b, 70b, 80b), perhaps said mobile profile comprises a plurality of sweeps with differently curved radius.
6. equipment according to claim 5, wherein, when said transport trolley (4; 104; 204; 304; When 404) moving, said rolling element (9,10,11; 409,410,411) pass through corresponding connecting bridge (60c, 70c, 80c, 60d, 70d, 80d) basically simultaneously.
7. according to each described equipment in the aforementioned claim; Wherein, Said track-type facilities (3) comprises at least one assembled portion (30), and said distribution portion is detachable so that one in the said rolling element (11) is removed from said track-type facilities (3) from corresponding guide rail (8) separation and with said transport trolley (4).
8. according to the described equipment of claim 7 that is subordinated to claim 5 or at 6 o'clock, wherein, said assembled portion (30) comprises the connecting bridge (80c) of one mobile profile (80) in the said guide rail (80).
9. according to each described equipment in the aforementioned claim, wherein, said transport trolley (4; 104; 204) comprise control apparatus (50; 150; 250), said control apparatus is arranged and is used for rotatably supporting rolling element (9) and is used for the position of regulating said rolling element (9) along laterally particularly orthogonal each other first direction (Y) and second direction (Z).
10. equipment according to claim 9; Wherein, Said control apparatus (50) comprises the regulating element (51) of the main body (41) that is connected to said transport trolley (4); Carrying out position adjustments along said second direction (Z), said regulating element (51) puts the supporting pivot (60) that rotatably supports said rolling element (9) slidably, and said supporting pivot (60) can carry out position adjustments with respect to said regulating element (51) along said first direction (Y).
11. equipment according to claim 9, wherein, said control apparatus (150; 250) comprise hold-down arm (151; 251), said hold-down arm is rotatably connected to said transport trolley (104 in the adjustable position of the said first direction in edge (Y); 204) main body (141; 241), said hold-down arm (151; 251) be applicable to and rotatably support said rolling element (9).
12. equipment according to claim 11, wherein, said hold-down arm (151; 251) can between latched position (D) and the state that gets loose (E), rotatablely move around rotation axis (W); In said latched position; The corresponding guide rail (6) that is connected to said rolling element (9) in said operation configuration (A) goes up and engages corresponding guide rail; In the said state that gets loose, said rolling element (9) is from corresponding guide rail (6) separation and/or spaced apart.
13. equipment according to claim 12 comprises elasticity meeting device (170; 270) and scalable meeting device (180; 280), its layout is used for said hold-down arm (151; 251) be locked in the said latched position (D) reversiblely, and be used for regulating said latched position (D), promptly regulate said hold-down arm (151 around said rotation axis (W) with the expectation mode; 251) position, angle and said rolling element (9) are along the position of said second direction (Z).
14. according to each described equipment in the aforementioned claim, wherein, said mobile device (2) comprises belt dressing, said belt dressing is wound in around pulley apparatus (21,22) and encircles and driven by said pulley apparatus (21,22).
15. according to each described equipment in the claim 1 to 13; Wherein, said mobile device (302) is an electromagnetic type, and comprises at least one Linear-Synchronous Motor; Said Linear-Synchronous Motor is provided with stator apparatus (314); Said stator apparatus is received within said track-type facilities (303) inside, and is applicable to and generates an electromagnetic field, said electromagnetic field with by inserting the corresponding magnetic field interaction that said at least one transport trolley (304) in-to-in permanent magnetic device (315) produces.
16. machine that is used to pack object; Especially; Said object is medicine and/or cosmetics and/or food containers, and said machine comprises and being used at a plurality of operator's stations of enterprising line operate of said object and/or processing with according to each described load transfer device of aforementioned claim.
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